As attractive as historical or commemorative medals are in their own right and as telling as they are by their designs and inscriptions of the persons or events they honour (or, in some cases, vilify or deride), they tell us much more: by means of inscriptions, design and allegory, they tell us their age, of their makers, of the purpose for which they were made, the manner in which they were made, and the ‘story’ their maker wished to communicate. This volume presents the published works on 17th century British medals that appeared in the late 17th century through to the 19th century as well as biographies of the authors. It also surveys those medallists who created the medals, the major collectors of the medals, the great collections that we know of through auction catalogues, the antiquaries and chroniclers who wrote on the period, or who were otherwise associated with these works, as well as early printers of numismatic works. It is intended as a companion volume to the authors’ two volume work, The English Civil Wars: Medals, Historical Commentary & Personalities. Handsomely illustrated throughout with some 300 illustrations, this work is an essential addition to the libraries of collectors and students of both British and Continental Historical and Commemorative Medals.

The third book by Keith Hollender on financial history, Financing the World focuses on the events and entrepreneurs that shaped the world of finance we know today. It describes the period of initial industrialisation and the regular stock market crashes that accompanied it, in a concise and interesting style aimed at both the novice and the expert. Tales of financial skulduggery, innovation and the people behind it all are lucidly and amusingly set out.

The year 1685 saw the beginning of a turbulent period in English history: King James II was expelled from Britain; there were wars in Ireland and on the Continent; repeated attempts by the Jacobite party in exile to regain the throne of England; and, underlying everything, severe religious dissension between Catholics and Protestants. All these events were eminently suitable for medallic commemoration.

Coins Are Like Songs: the Upper Canada Coppers 1815-1841 by Christopher Faulkner, sponsored by the J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation

The Spink Maury Catalogue has traditionally provided the highest level of detail for the stamps and covers of France and the French colonies, with thousands of top quality illustrations and prices updated every year. It was acquired by Spink in 2015, and the editors have since endeavoured to make this the premium reference work of its kind.

The Royal Victorian Order is one of the less well-known components of the United Kingdom honours system. From its creation in 1896 it has been conferred specifically for service to the Sovereign and to other members of the Royal Family, and entirely at the discretion of the reigning monarch.

This book recounts the heroic story of the Maccabees and explains how they successfully took on the might of the Seleucid realm, illustrated by the coins issued by the main protagonists. What was an epic struggle of an oppressed people to win their national and religious freedom has provided much inspiration through the ages and continues to strike a strong resonance in our own times. However, the historical drama, as recorded in 1 and 2 Maccabees, with its unfamiliar roll-call of major players and place names, has acquired a considerable mystique. The coins put faces to many of these seemingly obscure names and help bring those stirring events back to life.

This volume of essays is offered by his teachers, colleagues and friends to the greatest exponent of the study of ancient coinage of our generation.

This is the first edition of a completely new reference work on World Banknotes containing detailed information, full colour images, accurate valuations and additional bibliographies for 203 countries, published in three volumes.

In the years before his early death Mark Blackburn established himself as the central coordinating figure in early medieval numismatics in Britain, an inspiring figure still keenly missed.Part One comprises papers delivered at an international symposium, on this occasion held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in 2012, with a theme of Mark Blackburn and his legacy.Attention was given to the earliest gold coinage of the Merovingian Gaul and England. Contributors extended the ground breaking analyses of the silver proto-pennies in the earlier volumes, and the derivation of the word sceati was subjected to historical analysis. Building on Dr Blackburn's seminal work on the later broad Anglo-Saxon and Viking series, the symposium also explored the new historical perspectives to be gleaned from key recent hoards, and included detailed accounts of the current state of research on the Viking mints of Dublin and York.

This is the first edition of a completely new reference work on World Banknotes containing detailed information, full colour images, accurate valuations and additional bibliographies for 203 countries, published in three volumes.

This is the first edition of a completely new reference work on World Banknotes containing detailed information, full colour images, accurate valuations and additional bibliographies for 203 countries, published in three volumes.

Some three and a half centuries ago, Britain was convulsed by a series of civil wars. The names of its participants and major battles Oliver Cromwell and Charles I, Cavaliers and Roundheads, Edgehill and Dunbar are still well known today. These wars saw the introduction of medals as rewards for gallantry and campaign service. This book places these medals within the historical context of the times.

This book will find its place alongside Manville's other works on the bookshelves of all serious numismatic institutions, collectors and scholars, and it will become an extremely useful tool to be consulted whenever any piece of numismatic information eludes the mind if anyone is venturing into an area which is not his or her own. However, this will not be the limit of its appeal, for this book will undoubtedly be used by those who are not serious numismatists and may not therefore have had occasion to make use of his earlier volumes. For any member of the general public who wishes to understand more about the history of coins and medals or who simply has a question on the subject, this book should provide the answer. For those that then want to go on to investigate the given topic a little further, they are given the opportunity to do so, for the fruits of Manville's own extensive knowledge are supplemented here by mini-essays contributed by a range of specialists from the United Kingdom and the United States.

Bracteates are thin, uni-faced coins that were struck with only one die. A piece of soft-material was placed under the flan, thereby creating a design of the obverse that can be seen as a mirror image on the reverse. Although these coins were very fragile, they dominated the coinage for 150-200 years in large parts of medieval Europe. This book is about the function of bracteates and how they can be linked to the evolution of coinage policies especially re-coinage.To date almost all books, articles and documents on the subject are written in the German language and outside of Germany interest in collecting bracteates is not great. However the function and history of bracteates is the very essence of the development of coinage in the Middle-Ages and economic history as a whole.Thus, this book is not only for numismatists, but is also of great importance to economic historians; it is a revised and updated version of a book previously published in the Swedish language by the Swedish Numismatic Society in 2012.

Some of the most famous stories in the Bible revolve around coins. From the widow’s mite to Judas’s thirty pieces of silver, the original narratives and their later translations have used local coins to make the Gospels relate to audiences over the ages. In turn, early Biblical writings have directly inspired the earliest artistic expression of Christian faith on coin designs.